An Exploratory Study on the Divorce Experience of Korean Males with International Marriage Backgrounds

This is a pilot study of multifaceted longitudinal research project to explore divorce experience of Korean males with international marriage backgrounds. Especially for this study, we carried out a qualitative study of five Korean males who are recently undertaking the dissolution of their international marriage. In order to examine each case from multi-perspectives, the data of this study was collected through the series of semi-structured in-depth interviews. The result of this study shows that there is an urgent need of further and thorough study of divorce cases of international marriage that are not commonly recognized yet, and it is necessary to take appropriate social actions in examining relevant policy and management.